Barranco v. J & A Glatt Meats, Inc. d/b/a The Prime Cut, and Albir Allahham, individually, and Nissim Allahham, individually; Index No.:1:26-cv-967

New Action filed in the United States District Court Eastern District of New York

On February 18, 2026, Plaintiff Barranco, by and through his attorneys, Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C., filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Eastern District, against, J & A Glatt Meats, Inc. d/b/a The Prime Cut (“Prime Cut”), and Albir Allahham, individually (“Albir”), and Nissim Allahham, individually (“Nissim”), (together, where appropriate, as “Defendants”), alleging upon knowledge as to himself and his own actions, and upon information and belief as to all other matter, as follows:

Plaintiff worked for Defendants – – a New York corporation that operates a butcher shop that serves pre-packaged and ready-to-eat food items in Brooklyn, New York, as well as the entity’s Chief Executive Officer/day-to-day overseer and its manager – – as a butcher from March 2009 to October 3, 2025.  As described below, throughout his employment, but as is relevant herein, for the six-year period pre-dating the commencement of this action, plus an additional 228 days pursuant to former Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive tolling orders, until the end of this employment (“the Relevant Period”), Defendants willfully failed to pay Plaintiff the overtime wages lawfully due to him under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law (“NYLL”).  Specifically, throughout the Relevant Period, Defendants required Plaintiff to work, and Plaintiff did work in excess of forty hours each workweek, or virtually each week, yet in exchange, Defendants paid Plaintiff a flat weekly salary that by operation of law covered only the first forty hours that Plaintiff worked in a week.  Thus, Defendants did not pay Plaintiff at any rate, let alone at the statutorily-required rate of one and one-half times his regular rate for the hours that Plaintiff worked in a week in excess of forty.  Furthermore, throughout the Relevant Period, the effective rate that Defendants paid Plaintiff for all hours of work fell below minimum wage that the NYLL requires for each hour of work.  Additionally, for those days when Plaintiff’s shift exceeded ten hours from beginning to end, which was almost every workday, Defendants did not compensate Plaintiff with an additional one hour’s pay at the minimum wage rate, in violation of the spread of hours provisions of the NYLL and the N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs.  Defendants further violated the NYLL by failing to furnish Plaintiff with an accurate wage statement on each payday.  Defendants paid and treated all of their butchers, cooks, and food preparers in the same manner.

If any individual is or has previously been an employee of the Defendants named in the lawsuit and/or has information that may be relevant to this case, please contact Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C. as soon as possible through one of our websites, www.employmentlawyernewyork.com or www.516abogado.com, or any of our phone numbers: (516) 248–5550, (516) ABOGADO, or (212) 679–5000.